With one hand, she held a mirror with a priapus handle, and with the other she adorned her beauty with a seven-stringed pearl necklace.

"Ancient Manners" by Pierre Louys

In the reign of Adrian, the Egyptian priests of the idol Priapus, were called the bishops of Christ.

"Religion In The Heavens" by Logan Mitchell

THE COMPLAINT OF PRIAPUS FOR BEING VEILED.

"The Masculine Cross" by Anonymous

Priapus, the god of gardens or fertility, was the son of Bacchus and Venus.

"Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore" by Charles Hardwick

Some for Priapus, for thee some Sylvare, tutor finium!

"Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities" by Various

Ancient centre of worship of Priapus.

"A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia" by J. G. Bartholomew

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In poetry:

THYRSIS
"A bowl of milk, Priapus, and these cakes,
Yearly, it is enough for thee to claim;
Thou art the guardian of a poor man's plot.
Wrought for a while in marble, if the flock
At lambing time be filled,stand there in gold."

"Eclogue 7: Meliboeus Corydon Thrysis" by Publius Vergilius Maro

Thyrsis.
"A bowl of milk, Priapus, and these cakes,
Yearly, it is enough for thee to claim;
Thou art the guardian of a poor man's plot.
Wrought for a while in marble, if the flock
At lambing time be filled,stand there in gold."